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Reading Crystallize by flambeau - am 18 page-downs into it. 

much herbal confusion.

My cousin Pen claims that pineapple weed, which my father used to give us as a tea before bed, is a narcotic and a hallucinogenic, and can make children wet the bed.

I can't find anything like that in an online search on it.  But there seems to be tons of confusion about the plant.  I've found at least three distinct Latin names which refer to plants which look quite alike in the photos. 
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So, generally it is believed to soothe the nerves (sedative, given for insomnia - which is why my father gave it to us), calm stomach and intestinal upsets, and used externally to stop itching skin.